colour of mountains

Autumn in Derborence, Switzerland
words of association: fresh, clean, calming, gigantic, heavenly, powerful

colours of autumn

green, orange, bright yellow, red, dark red, brown

Lessons at the academy

In September I've started lessons in painting and techniques. After working alone for a while, I really longed for some guidance, some criticism on my work. And I really like the challenge, the different technique and learning from my colleagues).
Our first assignment was to paint an animal according to three periods: impressionism, expressionism and cubism. I chose an owl, because I think they are magnificent and also kind of mysterious. I had already seen lots of pictures and made some live photos, for example this beautiful one:



This is my version of impressionism:

(photo: ZIZOlabel ©)

At the end of our class we are studying our paintings (not all are finished).
(photo made by one of the students: Jan).

"Live" drawing

I was asked to illustrate "live" at a school nearby. Because of the week of children's books, teachers were reading stories and while the children were listening I made a drawing in front of the class. It was really fun to do! The kids were attentive listeners and asked questions as: what was the first drawing you ever made?

For the smallest children I made a colour drawing, related to the story about finding the bear. Copied 60 times and the colouring could begin!

Woonbeurs #2

Next to the Woonbeurs there was the designers-fair "Meesterlijk", here we saw a lot of jewellery-designers with new concepts and ideas.
I really liked the products of AT.they make lamps out of leather, I like the form, the colour combination and the cleanliness of the product.


There was a lot to see, and my eyes wandered to this wooden floor, which for the occasion was made into a mural panel. It's like a painting and somehow this colour combination makes me happy!